Improvement in copy-holders



J. D. MOORE. Copy-Holder.

No. 200,560. Patented Feb. 19,1878.

UNITED STA'rEs PATEN'I' OFFICE.

JAMES D. MOORE, OF OAMBRIDGE, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COPY-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,560, dated February 19, 1878; application filed December 1, 1877.

To all whom it 'may concern w Be it known that I, JAiviEs D. MooRE, of Cambridge, in the county of Story and State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Copy-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a transverse vertical section of my copyholder. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, and Fig. 3 is arear view, of the slide.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a copyholder, designed 'for the use of copyists in copying any instrument of writing, as well as for type-setters in setting type, or any other purpose for which it may be applicable.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fullyillustrates my invention.

My copy-holder is constructed of a rectangular frame, A, ofv any suitable dimensions, provided With a bed, B, upon which the copy is laid.

The copy is held at the top of the bed B by means of a metal flange, (l, secured to a shaft or roller, D, having on one end, outside the frame A, a knob, D', for turning said shaft so as to raise the metal flange O sufficiently to allow the copy to be taken out and put in.

A coiled-wire spring, a, is so arranged' as to act upon the roller D, to press the flange O down upon the copy and hold the same by the vpressure of the flange upon the bed B;

band runs along the back of the bed B, oneend passin g over the top roller and down the front, while the other end passes around the bottom roller and up the front, as shown.

To the upper end of the band I is attached a metal slide, J, which fits between the side pieces of the frame A, and rests upon the bed. The lower end of the band I is attached to a wooden slide, K, also fitting between the side pieces of the frame. is provided with pivoted hooks L L at its ends, which hook over pins d don the slide J, thus connecting the same, and also completing,as it were, the endless band around the rollers G G.

The slide K has a knob, K', the shank or stem of which passes through a slot in the slide, and conneots with two levers, P P, pivoted in a recess on the back of said slide K. The outer ends of these levers are connected to a metallic slide, B, which, by means of the knob K', can thus be raised or lowered, as desired, so as to increase or diminish the space between the slides J and R.

It will thus be seen that the slides can be so adj usted as to show only one line of the copy between them, whether the letters are large or small, and the copy above and below said line is completely hid from view, and hence all liability of mistakes is obviated.

The bottom roller G is provided with a knob, G', for turning the same, by which means the band and slides are turned, as required, to bring each succeeding line in View.

In changing copy the hooks L are released, and the slides moved out of place and easily replaced and connected again.

The copy-holder is, on the back, provided with a hinged leg, H, for supporting it at any desired angle.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp 1. In a copy-holder, the rollers G G, band I, slides J K, and hooks L L, constructed and combined substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the slide K, of the levers P P, slide R, and knob K', substantially as and for the purposes set forth. y 3. The combination of the frame A, bed B, spring-flange O, rollers G G, band I, slides J K, hooks L L, levers P P, and slide R, all constructed substantially as and for the purposes .set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

- JAMES D. MOORE.

Witnesses:

A. P. KING, G. D. SoUCrHwIcK.

This wooden slide 

